WASH4Work Mobilizing Business Action Mai-Lan Ha WASH4Work Secretariat Senior Advisor and Researcher, CEO Water Mandate/Pacific Institute
What s Needed: A concerted effort on WASH4Work Joint Purpose and From Siloed Critical Mass of Approaches Activity Government Development Agencies Civil Society Business Mobilize business to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene: - in the workplace - across supply chains - in the communities where companies operate
WASH4Work: What do we mean? WASH in the Workplace: Ensuring that workers have access to and can use safe drinking water, improved sanitation and adequate hygiene to meet their health, safety, and dignity needs. WASH in the Community: Ensuring business operations do not negatively impact WASH in the surrounding community and supporting workers access and use of safe drinking water, improved sanitation and adequate hygiene at home WASH across Supply Chains: Encouraging businesses to require suppliers to implement equitable and adequate WASH solutions in the workplace and to work with suppliers to manage impacts on communities throughout the suppliers operations.
Businesses Action on WASH In business own operations, in supply chains, and in communities where they operate Understand the business case and assess company s impact on WASH Ensure WASH access in workplace Mitigate impacts on communities Leverage position to improve WASH in supply chains Collaborate and support government action Work with partners to implement action on the ground Communicate with consumers and other stakeholders
WASH4Work partners will: Take Action and Learnings to Scale Learn, Develop Evidence, and Advocate Create our proposition and identify gaps Q3 / Q4 2016 2017 2018
Secretariat WASH4Work Ways of Working: Steering Group Partners & Workstreams Members Non-business organizations Pioneers Businesses Evidence, Models, and Best Practices Awareness Building & Advocacy
Key Focus Areas Evidence, Models, and Best Practices Learning and Evidence: Current company and partner work on WASH, seed new initiatives Multi-stakeholder dialogue Research to develop the business case Awareness Building & Advocacy Development of advocacy plan and asks of government and business Identification of key events and actors for engagement http://wash4work.org
Thank You http://www.wash4work.org Email: Guy Hutton, Chair, WASH4Work (ghutton@unicef.org) Mai-Lan Ha, Secretariat, WASH4Work (mlha@pacinst.org)
WASH 4 WORK Increased Private Sector Participation in Addressing WASH Challenges in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Context Bangladesh Urban Profile Urban Population 53 million and projected to double by 2050 Dhaka will be 6 th largest megacity in the world by 2030. Over 5,000 Low Income Communities (LIC)- estimated population of 4 million Urban WASH Situation & Challenges Inadequate WASH facilities characterized by poor operation and maintenance. Illegal water connections from the public main Poor hygiene practices and environmental sanitation Poor Faecal Sludge Management. Land tenureship and scarcity Poor Coordination among stakeholders
Improving WASH in the RMG sector holistic approach BOTTLE NECKS SOURCE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS Poor knowledge of the benefits of investing in WASH Poor access to public services where workers live Poor incentives for environmental management FACTORIES COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTS Raise awareness through Factory Engagement Programme (FEP) and support implementation programmes Improve linkages to WASH public sector agencies and engage support from private sector Publicise good WASH practices
WASH 4 Work Initiatives DWASA planning to provide safe water supply to the whole city and legal water connections to all LIC dwellers by 2020 DWASA Changes Regulation Advocacy Reduce NRW Increase revenue LIC with safe water and sanitation Advocacy Scale up Support CBO organizes and applies to DWASA CBO collects fees and pays bulk meter bill UNICEF Capacity Building Capacity Building LIC residents cannot get legal water connections Availability of sufficient water allows for sanitation Improved sanitation and hygiene in LIC CBO trained on O&M of water points and sanitation & hygiene Pay 5 to 7 times the government tariff for low quantity and quality water
Results & Way Forward Factories: Improved working conditions Healthier workers Productivity increases and decreased absenteeism through worker sickness / sickness of children Communities: 100% access to clean drinking-water at (more affordable) market rates through legal access points in urban slums in Dhaka Decreased sickness amongst community members, Health improvements through hygiene / sanitation interventions. Replication to other parts of Bangladesh What s needed? Increased support from the private sector: looking both within and beyond the boundaries of the business premises Provide all LICs in area together : large funding in shorter time Further Change at the Policy Level: taking results and embedding into government and industry policy to reach all workers and their communities
Thank you For Any Further Details, Please Contact : Dara Johnston Chief, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Mobile: (+880) 01711280790 Email: djohnston@unicef.org United Nations Children s Fund BSL Office Complex, 1 Minto Road, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and at www.unicef.org.bd
Development of a collective action sanitation programme
Strategic Water Partnership Network A partnership between the Department of Water and Sanitation, the private sector and civil society working collectively to close the national water gap Formal multi-stakeholder partnership recognised in the National Water Resources Strategy 2 (2013) Collective action to improve water security 17
Current Binary Model Conventional WWTW FLUSH-&-FORGET Considered gold standard Resource intensive (Capital, Sewers, Water, Energy, etc.) Challenge to meet urbanisation & population growth Expensive & beyond reach of developing countries Established technologies (discharge regulations, guidelines, policies, etc.) On-Site Sanitation DROP-&-STORE Most prevalent tech in SSA Little / no water 5-50% cheaper (than activated sludge) Can be scaled at urbanisation rates Faecal Sludge Management lack of policies & standards, disposal routes, O&M overlooked. Viewed as temporary solution SOLUTION??
57% connected to reticulated sewerage Photo: http://www.hazenandsawyer.com/work/projects/biogasupgrades-cut-energy-costs-in-south-africa/ Around 40% of South Africans do not have flush toilet (incl. septic tank) 10% with VIP 20% with pit latrine
Source: BMGF 2014
23 Problem or opportunity????? The world is running out of its traditional sources of energy, potable water and plant nutrients Water resources are declining Energy costs are rising The climate change issue Current sanitation technologies are not sustainable Society is conditioned into viewing a flush toilet and centralised sewage treatment works as the preferred options Poor have no sanitation market CityLab Menu Flushing the Toilet Has Never Been Riskier Some of today s sewers were built before bathrooms as we know them existed. It s time to upgrade. Mary Anna Evans Sep 17, 2015 NY Times
The Flushing South African Context The strong political drive to provide universal access 9 million more people connected to the waterborne network Push for technically advanced technologies as the preferred solution to small towns WRC study showed that 44% of the 18 WWTW surveyed: Less suitable & expensive choice Insufficient funding for effective operation and maintenance of the technology. There could >300 WWTW where inappropriate choice has been implemented
The Dry South African Context Large infrastructure programmes to build VIP latrines outside sewered bounday Around 30% of South Africans rely on VIP and derivatives Tipping point being reached pits were filling BUT many municipalities did not O&M budget, policies & procedures for management 60% facilities conducting reactive maintenance while 40% had inadequate maintenance capacity. Limited technical know to empty & disposal pit contents
Dry Sanitation 1 pit = 1 m 3 3 million pits = problem Landfill is only available option but we reaching limits
On the horizon: a collective action sanitation programme Options for SWPN intervention 1. A platform for efficient public-private -civil society engagement 2. A project to further develop and scale out at least one business model for decentralised sanitation provision 3. Demonstrating sanitation service & technology innovations with corporate support
The Value of Business Action Neil Jeffery CEO
WASH concerns and in particular water quality has an impact on the wellbeing of our employees and thus our operations Nestlé, Switzerland (2015) Water is a local issue and local communities are an integral part of water related risk assessment. Tata Chemicals India (2015) The need for clean, safe water is not just an environmental issue, but a human rights issue. We want to help ensure that everyone touched by our business can have this need met. Not only do we rely on water to create our products, but the people who make our clothes must be able to care for themselves and their families, including with access to water, sanitation, and hygiene if they can t thrive in the communities where they live, neither can we. Gap Inc (2017) With our global reach, portfolio of WASH-related brands and experience in changing behaviour, we are helping to deliver progress on SDG6 and develop market solutions which will transform WASH provision. Unilever Plc, UK (2016) Electricité de France (EDF) put in place WASH infrastructure and training for its 9000 employees and contractors in a temporary work site for the construction of a dam in Laos and WASH provision for the local community. The initiative was undertaken to implement the WBCSD WASH at the Workplace Pledge and to manage downstream impacts of the construction and to compensate for the livelihood losses triggered.
Benefits of Businesses Action What we know Wider Economic Benefits For every US $1 invested in water and sanitation, US $4.30 is generated in economic returns through increased productivity Drinking water supply and sanitation both generate high economic returns to society, with returns exceeding costs for all interventions at both 3% & 5% discount rates. Strengthening Social Licence & Addressing Reputational Risks
Benefits of Businesses Action The gaps Increasing Productivity & Reducing Absenteeism Reducing Operational Costs & Business Risks
Benefits of Businesses Action The gaps Developing Supply Chains & Supply Security Through their Water of Life Programme, Diageo has worked to support water supply, sanitation and hygiene projects in 58 communities in Ghana, some of which input to their subsidiary breweries supply chain. In addition to the positive social impact generated, Diageo is looking to better understand and capitalise on the potential strategic and sustainable impacts for its business.
The Business Case for Investing in WASH
Strategies Going Forward The Development of the Value Project; Strengthening the Business Case for WASH (Diageo, WaterAid, Unilever with PwC and ODI). Generate evidence of the core financial business value related to WASH interventions. Further analysis of those corporates who have signed the WBCSD WASH at the Workplace Pledge, to assess the benefits reaped from implementation. Continued engagement with a wide range of corporate stakeholders to learn how to best overcome barriers to investment in workplace WASH.
Thank You http://www.wash4work.org Email: Guy Hutton, Chair, WASH4Work (ghutton@unicef.org) Mai-Lan Ha, Secretariat, WASH4Work (mlha@pacinst.org)
Strengthening the business case for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Lisa Greenlee, WaterAid and Michael Alexander, Diageo 29/08/17
Project Partners Project lead Corporate partners Consultancy partners
Don t we already have the business case? WASH is essential to human health and prosperity Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals, underpins success in many others WASH is a win-win for companies: the social case exists but the hard quantitative evidence is considered insufficient This project will strengthen the evidence to support the business case for action Focus on manufacturing and agriculture 6 Water
Generating new evidence of the core business value of WASH in supply chains So far, we have developed the theory of change and have engaged with a dozen companies about their WASH investments and data availability. Develop Identify Collect & analyse Report Develop theory of change to map how WASH investments generate business benefits Engage businesses to identify WASH investments in upstream supply chains or own operations Collect data from selected pilots Develop methods and models to quantify financial and nonfinancial business value Quantitative business case with qualitative context Remaining gaps Scale-up actions Aim to launch at WEF 2018
Theory of change - summary *Financial impacts includes tangible & intangible
Opportunities for you to get involved For more information or to get involved, please get in touch. Ruth Romer Private Sector Advisor WaterAid ruthromer@wateraid.org